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Local Man Proposes with Giant Billboard (KWWL.com)

CEDAR FALLS (KWWL) - Alex Headington wanted a marriage proposal that his girlfriend Vanessa Schipper could brag about to her friends. It is safe to assume that he accomplished his mission.

Headington recently approached Lamar Advertising Company with an idea for a billboard. The company agreed to help Headington design a sign that aided his marriage proposal last week.

The sign, located near the corner of University Avenue and Cedar Heights Drive in Cedar Falls, reads "Vanessa, Will you marry me? Love you always, Alex."

Headington called Schipper while she was at work, telling her he had a surprise. Schipper agreed to go along with Headington for a drive. After he pulled up to the sign, Headington got out of the car with Schipper, dropped to a knee and proposed.

The couple met while working together at Sears. Schipper admits that she couldn't resist her now-fiancee's charm.

The FBI teamed up in 2008 with Lamar Advertising and other digital billboard owners to display images and information about suspects and “most wanted” individuals. A year after launching the project, the FBI said it has been a successful way to find people.

Rock candy for Coachella 2013 (The Press-Enterprise)

Even before more than 100,000 fans thronged to the Empire Polo Club grounds for an international gallimaufry of music and artistic expression over two weekends of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, more than 1 million motorists on Interstate 10 saw a dazzling array of national brand images that play to youth.